Melodifestivalen 2003
Encyclopedia
| Date: | 15 March 2003 |
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| Presenters: | Mark Levengood Mark Levengood Mark Levengood, born 10 July 1964 in North Carolina, is a Swedish-speaking Finn who grew up in Helsinki. He is a journalist, writer, and talk-show host, and is the registered partner of Jonas Gardell. They have two children, a boy, who is Gardell's biological child, and a girl, who is Levengood's... , Jonas Gardell Jonas Gardell Jonas Gardell, born 2 November 1963 in Enebyberg, Stockholm County, is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian. He is the brother of religion scholar Mattias Gardell.... |
| Venue: | Globen |
| Director: | Sven Stojanovic Sven Stojanovic Sven Nikola Stojanović is a Swedish director of Serbian origin mostly involved with Swedish TV productions, notably Melodifestivalen.... |
| Viewing figures (approx): | 3,815,000 |
| Voting: | 50/50 Jury and telephone voting |
| Total number of televotes cast: | 1,230,751 |
| Winner: | Give Me Your Love performed by Fame Fame (duo) Fame is a Swedish duo consisting of Jessica Andersson and Magnus Bäcklund . They met each other at the televised arts school and contest Fame Factory, which aired in autumn 2002. Bäcklund was the overall winner, while Andersson dropped out to give birth to her son Liam... |
| Winner's result at Eurovision Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition... : |
5th |
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...
2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
at the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping
Jönköping
-Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...
, Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Luleå
Luleå
- Transportation :Local buses are run by .A passenger train service is available from Luleå Centralstation on Sweden's national SJ railway service northbound to Narvik on the Norwegian coast, or southbound to Stockholm. See Rail transport in Sweden....
, Sundsvall
Sundsvall
-External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall....
and a Second Chance round in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. The final was broadcast on SVT1
SVT1
SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
and Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...
's P4 network.
Results
| # | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Votes | Place | ||
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| Jury | Public | Total | |||||
| 1 | Fame Fame (duo) Fame is a Swedish duo consisting of Jessica Andersson and Magnus Bäcklund . They met each other at the televised arts school and contest Fame Factory, which aired in autumn 2002. Bäcklund was the overall winner, while Andersson dropped out to give birth to her son Liam... |
Give Me Your Love Give Me Your Love "Give Me Your Love" was the Swedish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. The song was performed by Jessica Andersson and Magnus Bäcklund as 'Fame' and was composed by Carl Lösnitz and Calle Kindbom.... |
Calle Kindbom, Carl Lösnitz | 108 | 132 | 240 | 1st |
| 2 | Jill Johnson Jill Johnson Jill Anna Maria Johnson, , is a Swedish country- and pop-singer and songwriter. She performed the Melodifestivalen 1998 winning song Kärleken är, and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she again entered Melodifestivalen... |
Crazy in Love Crazy in Love (Jill Johnson song) Crazy in Love is a song in English, written by Lennart Wastesson, Larry Forsberg and Sven-Inge Sjöberg, and performed by Swedish pop and country singer Jill Johnson at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2003, there "Crazy in Love" finished 4th. However, "Crazy in Love" became a Svensktoppen hit in 2003,... |
Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson | 100 | 22 | 122 | 4th |
| 3 | Östen med resten | Maria | Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson | 10 | 11 | 21 | 8th |
| 4 | Afro-Dite Afro-dite Afro-dite is a Swedish pop group made up of three pop singers. The group consists of Blossom Tainton-Lindquist, Gladys del Pilar and Kayo Shekoni. The name is a play on words implying they are beautiful as Greek goddess Aphrodite and being... |
Aqua Playa | Marcos Ubeda | 48 | - | 48 | 7th |
| 5 | Sanna Nielsen Sanna Nielsen Sanna Viktoria Nielsen is a Swedish singer. She comes from Bromölla in Skåne, Southern Sweden.-Career:At the age of eleven she reached the number one spot on the Svensktoppen Charts with the song "Till en fågel". At that time, she sung with the dansband Mats Elmes. She participated in... |
Hela världen för mig | Thomas G:son Thomas G:son Thomas Gustafsson is a Swedish composer and musician from Skövde, Västergötland, Sweden, north-east of Göteborg. However, he is much more known nationally and internationally simply as Thomas G:son, his artistic name. Since 1998, Thomas has worked full time as a songwriter for the company G:songs... |
27 | 66 | 93 | 5th |
| 6 | Barbados Barbados (band) Barbados is a Swedish dansband, formed in 1992, who have had several Swedish chart successes. The band, with lead singer Magnus Carlsson, became widely known after their second place in Melodifestivalen 2000. The band has replaced lead singer three times. First Magnus Carlsson left the group in... |
Bye Bye | Lotta Ahlin, Tommy Lydell, Bobby Ljunggren | 7 | - | 7 | 10th |
| 7 | Sarek Sarek (band) Sarek is a Swedish folk-pop band formed in 2002, taking their name from Sarek National Park. They debuted in 2002 with the single Vinterland and in 2003 they broke through with their single Genom eld och vatten in Melodifestivalen.- Members :*Stina Engelbrecht *Jessica Wetterstrand... |
Genom eld och vatten | Mårten Eriksson, Stina Jadelius | 11 | 44 | 55 | 6th |
| 8 | Pernilla Wahlgren Pernilla Wahlgren Pernilla Nina Elisabeth Wahlgren is a Swedish singer, actress and presenter. In 2004, she received the Ulla Billquist award.-Family:... & Jan Johansen |
Let Your Spirit Fly | Anders Dannvik, Ola Höglund | 90 | 88 | 178 | 2nd |
| 9 | Bubbles Bubbles (band) Bubbles is a Swedish girl group, also known as Bless. The group's original lineup consisted of lead singer Mari Caroline Ljungström , twin sisters Patricia and Sandra Joxelius , Jenny Andersén , and Hannah Steffenburg .-Beginning:The five girls of Bubbles met while attending dance classes a... |
T.K.O. (Knock You Out) | Paul Rein, Lars Erlandsson, Fredrik Lenander | 10 | - | 10 | 9th |
| 10 | Alcazar Alcazar (band) Alcazar is a Swedish eurodance group which has established themselves as one of Sweden's most successful music groups with a string of hits since their debut single in 1999. Worldwide, Alcazar sold over 12 million records between 2001 and 2004... |
Not a Sinner Nor a Saint Not a Sinner Nor a Saint Not a Sinner Nor a Saint is a eurodance song performed by Swedish band Alcazar. This was the first single to give a preview of the forthcoming album Alcazarized, but was only released in Sweden. Nevertheless, the song was added at radio stations around Europe... |
Tommy Lydell, Bobby Ljunggren, Lotta Ahlin | 62 | 110 | 172 | 3rd |
Juries
| Song | Luleå Luleå - Transportation :Local buses are run by .A passenger train service is available from Luleå Centralstation on Sweden's national SJ railway service northbound to Narvik on the Norwegian coast, or southbound to Stockholm. See Rail transport in Sweden.... |
Umeå Umeå - Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport... |
Sundsvall Sundsvall -External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall.... |
Falun Falun Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 36,447 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the capital of Dalarna County... |
Karlstad Karlstad Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants... |
Örebro Örebro -Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions.... |
Norrköping Norrköping Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest... |
Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... |
Växjö Växjö Växjö is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 64 200 inhabitants in 2010. It is the administrative, cultural and industrial centre of Kronoberg County. Furthermore it is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Växjö. It has a population of about 64 200, out of a... |
Malmö Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County... |
Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
Total |
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| Give Me Your Love | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 108 |
| Crazy In Love | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 100 |
| Maria | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 10 | ||||||||||||
| Aqua Playa | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 4 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Hela världen för mig | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 27 | ||||||||||||
| Bye Bye | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 7 | ||||||||||||
| Genom eld och vatten | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Let Your Spirit Fly | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 90 |
| T.K.O. (Knock You Out) | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 62 |
Televotes
| Song | Jury | No. of televotes | Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Give Me Your Love | 108 | 229 753 | 132 | 240 |
| Crazy In Love | 100 | 116 440 | 22 | 122 |
| Maria | 10 | 92 722 | 11 | 21 |
| Aqua Playa | 48 | 59 520 | ||
| 48 | ||||
| Hela världen för mig | 27 | 136 984 | 66 | 93 |
| Bye Bye | 7 | 37 132 | ||
| 7 | ||||
| Genom eld och vatten | 11 | 127 143 | 44 | 55 |
| Let Your Spirit Fly | 90 | 156 702 | 88 | 178 |
| T.K.O. (Knock You Out) | 10 | 91 979 | ||
| 10 | ||||
| Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint | 62 | 182 736 | 110 | 172 |
Returning artists
| Artist | Previous year(s) |
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| Crosstalk | 1999 Melodifestivalen 1999 Melodifestivalen 1999 was the selection for the 39th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 38th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1315 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network... |
| Méndez DJ Méndez Leopoldo Méndez Alcayaga is a Chilean-Swedish DJ, singer and producer, known by his stage name Méndez, formerly DJ Méndez. He won the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica Awards for Best Southwest New Artist.-Early life:... |
2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a... |
| Brandsta City Släckers Brandsta City Släckers Brandsta City Släckers is a Swedish band with some firefighters that became very popular in Sweden.The band sang "Kom och ta mig" in Melodifestivalen 2002 and they also performed in Melodifestivalen 2003 with "15 minuter".... |
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| Östen med resten | |
| Afro-dite Afro-dite Afro-dite is a Swedish pop group made up of three pop singers. The group consists of Blossom Tainton-Lindquist, Gladys del Pilar and Kayo Shekoni. The name is a play on words implying they are beautiful as Greek goddess Aphrodite and being... |
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| Jill Johnson Jill Johnson Jill Anna Maria Johnson, , is a Swedish country- and pop-singer and songwriter. She performed the Melodifestivalen 1998 winning song Kärleken är, and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she again entered Melodifestivalen... |
1998 Melodifestivalen 1998 Melodifestivalen 1998 was the selection for the 38th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 37th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1141 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... |
| Pernilla Wahlgren Pernilla Wahlgren Pernilla Nina Elisabeth Wahlgren is a Swedish singer, actress and presenter. In 2004, she received the Ulla Billquist award.-Family:... |
1985 Melodifestivalen 1985 Melodifestivalen 1985 was the selection for the 25th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 24th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The... , 1991 Melodifestivalen 1991 Melodifestivalen 1991 was the selection for the 31st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 30th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1323 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV2 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network... |
| Jan Johansen | 1995 Melodifestivalen 1995 Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 34th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 986 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... , 2001 Melodifestivalen 2001 Melodifestivalen 2001 was the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1567 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... , 2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a... |
| Sanna Nielsen Sanna Nielsen Sanna Viktoria Nielsen is a Swedish singer. She comes from Bromölla in Skåne, Southern Sweden.-Career:At the age of eleven she reached the number one spot on the Svensktoppen Charts with the song "Till en fågel". At that time, she sung with the dansband Mats Elmes. She participated in... |
2001 Melodifestivalen 2001 Melodifestivalen 2001 was the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1567 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... |
| Magnus Carlsson Magnus Carlsson Lars Magnus Carlsson is a Swedish singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados.- Early life :Magnus Carlsson grew up in Fristad, outside Borås... |
2000 Melodifestivalen 2000 Melodifestivalen 2000 was the selection for the 40th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 39th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1394 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network... , 2001 Melodifestivalen 2001 Melodifestivalen 2001 was the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1567 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... , and 2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a... with Barbados Barbados (band) Barbados is a Swedish dansband, formed in 1992, who have had several Swedish chart successes. The band, with lead singer Magnus Carlsson, became widely known after their second place in Melodifestivalen 2000. The band has replaced lead singer three times. First Magnus Carlsson left the group in... |
| Andreas Lundstedt Andreas Lundstedt Andreas Lundstedt is a Swedish musician, who is best known as a member of the pop-disco group, Alcazar.-Biography:... |
1996 Melodifestivalen 1996 Melodifestivalen 1996 was the selection for the 36th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 35th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1323 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... |
| Barbados Barbados (band) Barbados is a Swedish dansband, formed in 1992, who have had several Swedish chart successes. The band, with lead singer Magnus Carlsson, became widely known after their second place in Melodifestivalen 2000. The band has replaced lead singer three times. First Magnus Carlsson left the group in... |
2000 Melodifestivalen 2000 Melodifestivalen 2000 was the selection for the 40th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 39th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1394 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network... , 2001 Melodifestivalen 2001 Melodifestivalen 2001 was the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1567 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... , 2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a... |
| Nanne Grönvall Nanne Grönvall Marianne Elisabeth Nordqvist more popularly known as Nanne Grönvall is a Swedish singer-songwriter.-Biography:Grönvall's musical career started in the 1980s group Sound of Music... |
1986 Melodifestivalen 1986 Melodifestivalen 1986 was the selection for the 26th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 25th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 and was not broadcast on radio. No... and 1987 Melodifestivalen 1987 Melodifestivalen 1987 was the selection for the 27th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 26th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1502 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV2 and was not broadcast on radio... with Sound of Music, 1996 Melodifestivalen 1996 Melodifestivalen 1996 was the selection for the 36th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 35th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1323 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... with One More Time One More Time (band) One More Time is a Swedish pop group. Members are Peter Grönvall, his wife Nanne Grönvall and Maria Rådsten. A forth member, Thérèse Löf, left the group shortly after the first album was released. In 1992 they began their international career with the release of the single and album Highland... , 1998 Melodifestivalen 1998 Melodifestivalen 1998 was the selection for the 38th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 37th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1141 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... |
| Sofia Källgren Sofia Källgren Anna Sofia Helena Källgren, known as Sofia Källgren , is a Swedish singer. She sings in two other languages, English and Mandarin Chinese, in addition to in Swedish.... |
1989 Melodifestivalen 1989 Melodifestivalen 1989 was the selection for the 29th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 28th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1223 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The hostess, Yvonne Ryding, was the 1984 Miss Universe... with Visitors, Melodifestivalen 1990 Melodifestivalen 1990 Melodifestivalen 1990 was the contest for selection of the 30th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 29th time that this method of picking a song had been used. 1223 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... |
| Robert Wells Robert Wells Robert Wells may refer to:* Bob "Hoolihan" Wells , American TV personality* Rob Wells, Canadian musician, songwriter and producer* Robb Wells , Canadian actor and screenwriter* Robby Wells , American college football coach... |
1987 Melodifestivalen 1987 Melodifestivalen 1987 was the selection for the 27th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 26th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1502 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV2 and was not broadcast on radio... |
| Lina Hedlund Lina Hedlund Lina Maria Hedlund is a Swedish singer and current member of the popgroup Alcazar. Lina has participated in Melodifestivalen a number of times, in Melodifestivalen 2002 along with her sister, singer Hanna Hedlund, in Melodifestivalen 2003 as a solo singer, and in Melodifestivalen 2009 and 2010 as... |
2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a... with Hanna Hedlund Hanna Hedlund Hanna Hedlund is a Swedish singer. Her sister, Lina Hedlund, is also a singer. She lives with Martin Stenmarck who sang the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. They have two children together, Ida and Love.Hanna competed in Melodifestivalen 2000 with the song "Anropar försvunnen"... |
| Mikael Erlandsson Mikael Erlandsson Mikael Erlandsson is a singer, songwriter and keyboardist born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He recorded four solo albums which has also been released in Japan and the Far East... |
1990 Melodifestivalen 1990 Melodifestivalen 1990 was the contest for selection of the 30th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 29th time that this method of picking a song had been used. 1223 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... with N'Gang |
See also
- Eurovision Song Contest 2003Eurovision Song Contest 2003The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003. The hosts were Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. Sertab Erener, the Turkish entrant, won the contest with "Everyway That I Can", scoring 167 points. The winning...
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song ContestSweden in the Eurovision Song ContestSweden has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 51 times since their debut in 1958. Since 1959, the Swedish representative has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. Three times – 1964, 1970, and 1976 – Sweden didn't participate...
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003Sweden chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in the national selection Melodifestivalen 2003. Just like the year before, four semifinals and a "second chance" heat with eight songs in each were held. 2 from each went to the final in Globen. The winners were Fame consisting of...